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MK Harb

Mohamad Khalil (MK) Harb is a writer from Beirut. He received his graduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University in 2018 where he wrote an award-winning thesis on escapism in Beirut. MK served as Editor-at-Large for Lebanon at Asymptote Journal (2020-2023), commissioning and writing pieces relating to Arab literature in translation. His fiction and nonfiction work has been published in The White Review, The Bombay Review, BOMB Magazine, The Times Literary Supplement, Hyperallergic, Art Review Asia, Asymptote, Scroope Journal and Jadaliyya. MK Harb is a contributor to Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction, edited by Jordan Elgrably ((City Lights Books, 2024)).

4 October, 2024 • MK Harb

The Last Millefeuille in Beirut

As Beirut anticipates a military invasion, MK Harb's short story about two friends sharing a slice of cake unfolds.

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5 July, 2024 • MK Harb

“We Danced”—a story by MK Harb

In exercises to “release your inner child,” meditation, or psychotherapy, Beirutis search for mental and physical relief, in MK Harb's latest short story.

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1 April, 2024 • MK Harb

“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb

With tarot cards and a recipe for pickled turnips, Beirutis bid farewell to yet another friend leaving on a “talent passport” to somewhere else.

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4 February, 2024 • MK Harb

“Double Apple”—a short story by MK Harb

Negotiating the secret byways of Beirut, a cousin helps a cousin achieve his heart’s greatest desire — for a price.

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3 December, 2023 • MK Harb

“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one of them.

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2 July, 2023 • MK Harb

“The City Within”—fiction from MK Harb

In MK Harb's latest story, a man steps out of his home in Beirut after two years of living in isolation to a life-changing encounter.

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5 March, 2023 • MK Harb

“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in adolescence.

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